Events in Music
- Jun 5 59th Tony Awards: "Monty Python's Spamalot" (musical) & "Doubt: A Parable" (play) win
Music History
Jun 13 A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch
Album Release
Jun 21 Billy Corgan releases "TheFutureEmbrace", his first solo album
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 24 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The White Stripes, and Coldplay headline; other performers include The Kaiser Chiefs, Taj Mahal, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, and Primal Scream
- Jun 27 "Bad Day" single is released by Daniel Powter, 1st song to sell 2 million digital copies in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 2006)
Weddings in Music
- Jun 1 "The White Stripes" guitarist, pianist and lead vocalist Jack White (29) weds British model Karen Elson (26) in Manaus, Brazil
- Jun 11 "Clueless" actress Alicia Silverstone (28) weds musician Christopher Jarecki in Lake Tahoe, California; divorce in 2018
- Jun 16 "American Idol" singer Bo Bice (29) weds Caroline Fisher at New Hope Presbyterian Church in Alabama
- Jun 25 British pop sensation Sophie Ellis Bextor (26) weds "The Feeling" bassist Richard Jones at Palazzo Terranova in Umbria
Deaths in Music
- Jun 11 Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
- Jun 13 David Diamond, American composer (Paderewski Prize, 1943), dies at 89
- Jun 14 Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor, dies at 91
- Jun 17 Henryk Majewski, Polish big band jazz trumpeter (Old Timers), dies at 69
- Jun 17 Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train"), dies of complications from esophageal cancer at 41
- Jun 17 Ronald Winans, American gospel singer (Winans), dies at 48
- Jun 27 Frank Harte, traditional Irish singer and song collector
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